William B. Melchior

1.3k citations

20 papers · 1.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 13

Co-authors: David Fahrney Peter H. von Hippel William H. Tolleson Frederick A. Beland Barbara Sollner-Webb Gary Felsenfeld M. Matilde Marques Lei Guo
Topics: DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers)Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (4 papers)DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers)
Cited by: Molecular Biology Biochemistry Cancer Research
Journals: Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Biochemistry
Partner nations: United States Taiwan Portugal

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William B. Melchior

20 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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Ethoxyformylation of proteins. Reaction of ethoxyformic anhydride with .alpha.-chymotrypsin, pepsin, and pancreatic ribonuclease at pH 4

1970 370 citations William B. Melchior, David Fahrney Biochemistry profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Prolactin and Dehydroepiandrosterone Levels in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The Role of the Extrapituitary Prolactin Promoter Polymorphism at −1149G/T 2015 ·Journal of Immunology Research ·Edward L. Treadwell,Kenneth L. Wiley,Beverly Word,William B. Melchior,William H. Tolleson,Neera V. Gopee,George Hammons,Beverly Lyn‐Cook	14
2	Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Drug- and Environmental Toxicant-Induced Liver Toxicity 2014 ·Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part C ·Si Chen,William B. Melchior,Lei Guo	51
3	Autophagy in drug-induced liver toxicity 2014 ·Journal of Food and Drug Analysis ·Si Chen,William B. Melchior,Yuanfeng Wu,Lei Guo	23
4	Thermal inactivation reaction rates for ricin are influenced by pH and carbohydrates 2013 ·Food and Chemical Toxicology ·Zhe Zhang,(unknown),Kiet T. Nguyen,William B. Melchior,Kelly Taylor,Lauren S. Jackson,William H. Tolleson	9
5	A functional quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay for ricin, Shiga toxin, and related ribosome-inactivating proteins 2009 ·Analytical Biochemistry ·William B. Melchior,William H. Tolleson	43
6	Effect of p53 genotype on gene expression profiles in murine liver 2007 ·Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis ·Suzanne M. Morris,Gregory Akerman,Varsha G. Desai,Chen‐An Tsai,William H. Tolleson,William B. Melchior,Chien‐Ju Lin,James C. Fuscoe,Daniel A. Casciano,James J. Chen	3
7	Fumonisin B1 induces apoptosis in cultured human keratinocytes through sphinganine accumulation and ceramide depletion. 1999 ·International Journal of Oncology ·William H. Tolleson,Letha H. Couch,William B. Melchior,Gail Jenkins,(unknown),Levan Muskhelishvili,Lynda J. McGarrity,Olen E. Domon,S.M. Morris,Paul C. Howard	57
8	Arylamine–DNA adduct conformation in relation to mutagenesis 1997 ·Mutation research. Fundamental and molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis ·Frederick A. Beland,William B. Melchior,(unknown),M. Amélia Santos,M. Matilde Marques	24
9	Effect of Substitution Site upon the Oxidation Potentials of Alkylanilines, the Mutagenicities of N-Hydroxyalkylanilines, and the Conformations of Alkylaniline−DNA Adducts 1997 ·Chemical Research in Toxicology ·M. Matilde Marques,(unknown),M. T. Pessoa de Amorim,M. Amélia Santos,William B. Melchior,Frederick A. Beland	40
10	Apoptotic and anti-proliferative effects of fumonisin B₁ in human keratinocytes, fibroblasts, esophageal epithelial cells and hepatoma cells 1996 ·Carcinogenesis ·William H. Tolleson,William B. Melchior,Suzanne M. Morris,Lynda J. McGarrity,Olen E. Domon,Levan Muskhelishvili,S. Jill James,Paul C. Howard	106
11	Mutations induced by aromatic amine DNA adducts in pBR322 1994 ·Carcinogenesis ·William B. Melchior,M. Matilde Marques,Frederick A. Beland	50
12	Ab initio study on the molecular structure of trans-1,2-dihydroxy-1,2-dihydro-8-fluoronaphthalene 1986 ·Cancer Letters ·Frederick A. Beland,William B. Melchior,Valentine J. Klimkowski,Lothar Schäfer	1
13	An alternative to MMP2 1984 ·Tetrahedron Letters ·Kenny B. Lipkowitz,Adel M. Naylor,William B. Melchior	24
14	Preferential reaction of the carcinogen N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene with satellite DNA 1984 ·Chemico-Biological Interactions ·William B. Melchior,Frederick A. Beland	4
15	Ab initio study on the molecular structure of the naphthalene metabolite, trans-1,2-dihydroxy-1,2-dihydronaphthalene 1984 ·Carcinogenesis ·Frederick A. Beland,William B. Melchior,Valentine J. Klimkowski,J.N. Scarsdale,C. Van Alsenoy,Lothar Schäfer	5
16	Structural consequences of modification of the oxygen atom of guanine in DNA by the carcinogen N-hydroxy-1-naphthylamine. 1981 ·PubMed ·Fred F. Kadlubar,William B. Melchior,Thomas J. Flammang,(unknown),Hiroko Yoshida,Nicholas E. Geacintov	9
17	DNAase I, DNAase II and staphylococcal nuclease cut at different, yet symmetrically located, sites in the nucleosome core 1978 ·Cell ·Barbara Sollner-Webb,William B. Melchior,Gary Felsenfeld	87
18	Organization of proteins in chromatin. 1976 ·PubMed ·Gary Felsenfeld,Barbara Sollner-Webb,(unknown),William B. Melchior	1
19	Alteration of the Relative Stability of dA·dT and dG·dC Base Pairs in DNA 1973 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·William B. Melchior,Peter H. von Hippel	188
20	Ethoxyformylation of proteins. Reaction of ethoxyformic anhydride with .alpha.-chymotrypsin, pepsin, and pancreatic ribonuclease at pH 4breakdown → 1970 ·Biochemistry ·William B. Melchior,David Fahrney	370

About William B. Melchior

William B. Melchior is a scholar working on Cancer Research, Biotechnology and Pharmacology, having authored 20 papers that have together received 1.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (7 papers), Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment (4 papers) and DNA Repair Mechanisms (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Molecular Biology (695 citations), Biochemistry (62 citations) and Cancer Research (119 citations). William B. Melchior has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Portugal. Frequent co-authors include David Fahrney, Peter H. von Hippel, William H. Tolleson, Frederick A. Beland, Barbara Sollner-Webb, Gary Felsenfeld, M. Matilde Marques, Lei Guo, Levan Muskhelishvili and Lynda J. McGarrity. Their work appears in journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Biochemistry.

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